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This isn't the first time the U.S. men's basketball team is staying outside the athletes village where most Olympians will be housed in Rio.

Uber's China arm merged with its rival Didi Chuxing this week, creating a $35 billion ride-hailing colossus. The merger ends an era of brutal competition, and may help boost China's flagging economy.

Two retired generals spoke out at the political conventions last month. The retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says they and other officers should keep their politics private.

Rawlings baseball bats have a big place in sports history. But now the ash trees used to make those iconic bats are threatened by an invasive beetle that's spreading in forests across the Northeast.

Defense attorneys in the military commissions of the alleged 9/11 plotters are throwing up roadblock after roadblock to increase the chances of saving their clients from the death penalty. The government could make the case go a lot quicker, they say, if prosecutors took that danger off the table.

Brexit has encouraged pro-exit movements across Europe. In Austria, only 51 percent of the people tell pollsters they want to stay in the European Union, and a new party has formed with a single goal: get out.

The first cases of locally transmitted Zika in the continental U.S. were contracted in one of Miami's liveliest neighborhoods, Wynwood — a developing neighborhood filled with cafes, bars and art galleries. Local officials say they're heeding experts' advice to fight the virus aggressively.

At the World Rope Skipping Championships in Sweden, Hong Kong's double-dutch team set a new world record.

Steve Inskeep talks with Michael Cromartie, vice president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, which examines the role of religion in public life, about Trump's ties to Marble Collegiate Church.

Renee Montagne speaks with Will Voigt, head coach of Nigeria's men's Olympic basketball team, about his unorthodox career trajectory. The Vermonter's coaching journey has taken him ALL OVER